A lesson responding to the AQA Rosabel Language Paper Q5 task.

A MA lesson which links personification to pop-culture and builds towards a descriptive task. Used for a LA class and was the most successful method in understanding personification. (Links to videos are salient to the lesson). Feedback would be greatly appreciated. Lesson plan available on request.

Learning Challenge: Can I evaluate what makes a successful narrative opening and emulate this in my own writing? Topic focus: Fairy tales.

A single lesson exploring AO1 and AO2 in ‘Not My Business’. Slide 7 uses LitDrive’s ‘Differentiated Annotation Sheets’ - Not owned by me and therefore not attached. However, a great accompanying resource.

Based on academic reading, a worksheet to support a study of Treasure Island: Chapter 7.

A worksheet to build confidence with Language Paper 1, Question 2: Bodmin Moor.

Resources to explore travel writing descriptions. KS3. MA.

A post-assessment lesson focusing on whole-class targets to build better descriptions. A focus on advanced structural and language features.

A single lesson exploring some archetypal characters in Gothic literature and relating it to the ‘Outsider’ in Frankenstein.

5 whole-class feedback sheets easily adapted for different topics and classes.

Students will complete a baseline assessment to demonstrate their current ability to write descriptively. This will inform planning for week three and establish the needs of the group. To support marking of this, please use the ‘Whole-Class Feedback’ sheet attached in the week one folder.

A single lesson exploring the theme of love in Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Medusa’.

Lesson Eleven: Evaluating Successful Writing 1 of 2 To develop exposure to high-quality writing, students will explore three WAGOLLs to model different aspects of Science-Fiction. This lesson is designed to utilsie live-modelling, but can also be delivered as collaborative learning. Students annotate, summarise, and evaluate the quality of the three responses before collecting ideas for their own creative writing during a ‘magpie session’. Lesson Twelve: Evaluating Successful Writing 2 of 2 Continuing on from lesson eleven, students should continue to explore high-quality examples. This lesson is designed to allow exploration of other extracts based on the needs of the class, or to continue with the 3 selected in lesson eleven.

An engaging lesson which focuses on tackling trickier extracts and vocabulary. The strategies are fully researched and are designed to promote reading independence. The extract focus is a small section of Chapter 7 of Alice in Wonderland.

A lesson focusing on exploring language analysis through a study of ‘An Unwelcome Appearance’.

An assessment lesson to explore exposition in ghost stories, including what makes a memorable opening sentence.

A visual guide for all staff to support dyslexic students.

A single transition lesson for Year 5/Year 6 students on their taster day. The lesson introduces English at secondary level, explores what makes a successful description, evaluates character description, and then allows students to create their own. Uses Shrek as a stimulus for fantasy writing.

A poster guide exploring how to build a RFP culture across the school.

A collection of resources/knowledge recall starters for Romeo and Juliet.